ascites

  1. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Mystery Convulsions and Aspiration - Crop or Gizzard Related?

    Two days ago, I was sure my 6 y/o BO was dying. She was having almost seizure-like convulsions, wings down and acting drunk (terrible balance), almost like an extreme bout of involuntary crop adjustments. She then started expelling large amounts of non-smelly fluid, including chunks of...
  2. 1

    Ascites Draining- Two Questions

    Hello! I am working with a hen that is suffering from ascites. Don't know the cause, but I suspect it is organ failure. Since she is still walking around, eating, and interacting with the others, I and my father have decided to try draining the fluid to make her more comfortable. We had an...
  3. C

    egg yolk peritonitis, ascites or something else?

    I got a smaller hen, not bantam but between the size of regular hen and bantam. She hasn’t laid since last December or so. No lash egg. No egg at all. She goes into the best box and pretends to lay but nothing. I thought it was just her age(they said she had been at the place where I got her for...
  4. C

    Water Belly or Egg Bound?

    We have a barred rock hen that just this morning wasn’t moving around as much as usual. She seems to keep having trouble laying an egg, so we assumed she was egg bound and have been soaking her in a warm Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes, applied oil to the vent area, and fed her some extra...
  5. saving grace

    Broody Hen with Water Belly

    Hey, so I noticed yesterday when candling the eggs beneath my EE hen that she had a large bulge near her breast. After doing some research, I'm pretty sure it's water belly (could it be anything else?) which is obviously very unfortunate. :( She's been acting completely normal for a broody...
  6. P

    Difficulty of draining water belly / ascites?

    Hi all, I have my second elderly hen that is definitely showing signs of water belly / ascites. Shape and feel of a water balloon on her abdomen, showing lethargy, gasping for air. I've put her in her own little coop and she is doing a bit better with the restricted activity. I know this won't...
  7. periwinkleclouds

    Ascites in older hen still refusing to stand up or eat

    Hello friends! I'm a bit in distress here and would appreciate any advice from more seasoned poultry caretakers. I've raised chickens since I was a little girl but I've never had something like this happen. I have a 6 y/o Golden Star (her name is Applesauce) that's past her years of laying...
  8. Chickenwithnobrim

    Egg bound or ascites?

    Hi all, I have an older hen who was already an older Unknown age when I found her dumped by somebody and she's been with me for 3 years. Last night she ate like normal and had a big poo before bed but this morning she was lethargic and wouldn't come out of the coop. I managed to get her to drink...
  9. StinkerChickens

    Ascites / Water Belly

    Our favorite girl has come down with a terrible bout of ascites and I've learned quite a lot over the last week, so I thought I would share since I don't see anything like this mentioned here. When I first noticed that her legs were held widely and she was having discomfort in walking (it's...
  10. Mistress-with-birbs

    Hen with possible Ascites

    Hey there. My chicken Scrappy isn't doing well. She's been sort of chronically unwell for the last six months. She'll have good spells and then she'll start acting weak and not eating again. Her crop is always fine, and her poop is always fine. I asked about it here a few months ago and no one...
  11. C

    Help! Water belly/Ascites

    I have a white leghorn chicken who has water belly/ascites. This is my first time dealing with this so, people who have experience with this, how much fluid do you usually take out at each time or per day? Can you take out fluid more than once per day? We’ve taken out 120 ml but she hasn’t...
  12. Heres2U_MrsR

    Stumped - clear fluid, ascites?

    I am clueless as to what’s next with this hen! Who - Three year old Golden Buff from Meyer. She’s fed organic layer feed, oats once a week as a treat(very small amount), and leftover veggies as I have them. I’ve learned the hard way to limit treats. What - slightly lethargic, hiding out...
  13. W

    Draining fluid in abdomen?

    Hello, I hope you’re all having a good Monday! I’m going to try to explain this but I feel like I’m not going to do a very good job, so please bare with me. This morning when I went out to my coop, my chicken, who I presume has water belly, didn’t look very good. She’s definitely been getting...
  14. PeepingK

    Ascites in young laying pullet

    Hey everyone! So I purchased a 5 month old pullet (not laying yet) from a trusted and well known breeder in my area. She is a BC1 Olive Egger (BCM x Silverrudds blue). When I first brought her home this past July I didn’t notice anything off about her but about a month and half or so later I...
  15. Stephoney

    Dying Chicken Care

    Yesterday I found Princess Buttercup, my 2 year old Buff Orpington, laying under the hydrangea in our backyard with one other hen sitting by her side. Buttercup has ascites and is prone to sour crop. She looked about like she usually does when she’s not feeling well. Her crop was very full of...
  16. O

    Gurgling and Spitting Up Clear Liquid When Sitting

    Hi, I have a 2.5 year old Rhode Island Red hen with some symptoms that have me a bit stumped. She has a history of ascites and was last drained mid-August and had been doing very well since. The last couple days she has been acting lethargic and her abdomen seemed to be filling with liquid...
  17. chocluver

    Ascites...euthanise

    Hello, I returned from a few days a way to a hen waddling and after checking I am pretty sure she has ascites / water belly. Swollen and squishy, comb very dark. Eating but fussy, running when treats come. No feathers on her belly but she has been like that for over a year. She is 2.5 years old...
  18. K

    What's wrong with my Lacey Lady?

    Hi, I am new to chickens. I have a hen that isn't behaving normally. She is waddling - keeping her back end low. I have soaked her a few times and given her calcium. Her poop is loose and watery. She isn't eating or drinking much. I have been keeping her isolated. She has been like this...
  19. 1

    Ascites Help

    We have an old chicken with ascites. We are planning on trying to drain the fluid to give her some more time and make her more comfortable, but we are afraid of botching it and causing her pain or a more unpleasant death. I contacted a local animal sanctuary to see if they could help and I was...
  20. E

    Anything contagious that presents as either salpingitis or water belly/ascites?

    Hello, I have unfortunately lost 2 of my ex-battery girls quite close together, and have another 2 hens I am concerned about. I’m pretty sure one of the deceased had salpingitis as I found a lash egg not long ago and one of the ones I am worried about now may have water belly as she is starting...
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